Fulltext indexing in Vufind with Aperture
The implementation of fulltext indexing in Vufind with Aperture is not difficult. This posting describes how I implemented it for the Catholic Research Resources Alliance. About 800 of the 125,000...
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Graphic design and the “Catholic Portal”
Graphic design is definitely not my forte, but I think I have finally wrangled it as well as the overall look & feel of the “Catholic Portal”. “Skinning” Vufind is not terribly difficult. Using a...
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Note To Self, this URL — http://bit.ly/MpReCn — will return a list of all the full-text items in the “Catholic Portal”. Thanks, Demian!
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My experience with Archivists’ Toolkit
by Adam McGinn (July 17, 2012) During the last two months, I had evaluated Archivists’ Toolkit for use with the Catholic Portal project. Archivists’ Toolkit is a program suitable for recording and...
View ArticleIndexing and displaying Encoded Archival Description files
This posting muses on how to index and display Encoded Archival Description (EAD) files in the “Catholic Portal” of the Catholic Research Resources Alliance. The Catholic Portal is essentially an index...
View ArticleCRRA Update July 2012
CRRA Update July 2012 This month’s update provides information on key CRRA events: past, present and future. First is an invitation to the fall CRRA/DePaul Symposium; Janice Welburn (Board Chair) then...
View ArticleCRRA/DePaul Symposium Call for Posters Deadline Sept. 19
The Catholic Research Resource Alliance (CRRA) and the symposium planning committee invite proposals for posters to be displayed at the 2012 CRRA symposium Nurturing the ‘Spirit of Perfect Charity’:...
View ArticleCRRA Update August 2012
The August Update highlights the fall symposium, our newest member and CRRA liaisons. Please mark your calendars for the upcoming CRRA/Depaul Symposium, and consider attending too the Loyola University...
View ArticleCRRA Update October 2012
CRRA Update October 2012 Please Join Us for a Sneak Preview of the CRRA Updated Website CRRA Collections Spotlight: New Jersey Catholic Historical Commission Newsletter Digitization, by Alan Delozier...
View ArticleCRRA Update September 2012
CRRA Update September 2012 Welcome to new CRRA Participants CRRA Collections Spotlight: Notre Dame’s Vatican II Collection, by Alan Krieger Continuing Board and Committee Chairs Update on Concrete5...
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Indexing EAD files, again
I have spent some time re-indexing EAD files for the “Catholic Portal“, and you can see the fruits of these initial labors at http://bit.ly/Q16WYs. The text below describes one solution to the indexing...
View ArticlePreview the Updated CRRA Website – Thursday, Nov. 8 at noon (eastern)
Max Tolomei and I cordially invite you to attend a sneak preview of the updated and soon-to-be-releasted CRRA website. Max and I have been working to move the CRRA website’s content into the open...
View Article“The Vault” as inspiration for CRRA
Might we have documents as rich and colorful as a letter from Kurt Vonnegut, as found in the Vault? http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault.html Perhaps thismight be our new challenge: to post to this...
View ArticleCRRA Update Nov/Dec 2012
FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Janice Welburn, Chair Last year, we adopted an inspiring vision describing what we want to achieve and an ambitious, actionable plan for getting there. In this context,...
View ArticleTechnical support and the “Catholic Portal”
This text documents the technical support required to keep the “Catholic Portal” running smoothly. In a nutshell, it falls into three categories: assisting CRRA members in making their metadata...
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Google Analytics and the Catholic Portal
Through my experimentation with Google Analytics, it has proven to be a rather useful tool for tracking usage patterns for the Catholic Portal. However, it is only effective if one knows where to look...
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The Catholic Pamphlets Collection
The Catholic Pamphlets collection at the University of Notre Dame contains a wide variety of pamphlets, booklets, and other documents pertaining to Catholicism or the Church in some way. The collection...
View ArticleCRRA Update Jan/Feb 2013
This month’s update includes: From the Board: Janice Welburn, chair, on Becoming a nonprofit federally tax-exempt corporation Member News: Villanova wins ACRL Excellence in Libraries Award!;...
View ArticleWordPress Finesse
Greetings CRRA community, We have been working on updating the blog and are in the process of adding new information in an effort to make it more user-friendly. With this in mind, we felt it might be...
View ArticleCRRA Update March/April 2013
CRRA Update March/April 2013 • From the Board: Janice Welburn, chair, announcing CRRA as a nonprofit corporation • From the Membership Committee: Evelyn Minick , chair, welcomes Mount St. Mary’s...
View ArticleCRRA Annual Meeting in Chicago, events July 1-2, 2013
CRRA’s Annual All Members Meeting will take place Tuesday, July 2 during ALA Chicago. There are several opportunities to get together with you, our CRRA friends and colleagues. Please review the...
View ArticleCRRA Update May June 2013
CRRA Update May/June 2013 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version CRRA Annual Meeting in Chicago – Monday and Tuesday, July 1-2, 2013 ·CRRA is the LEAD STORY in the Cushwa Center’s...
View ArticleCRRA Update Summer 2015
In this issue: From the Board From the CRRA: Highlights from the CRRA Symposium From the CRRA: Younger and Lawton Present “Building a Catholic News Archive” at the Catholic Media Conference June 25 in...
View ArticleDPLA Announces Knight Foundation Grant to Research Potential Integration of...
Posted by DPLA on November 9, 2015 in DPLA Updates, News & Blog, Projects and tagged announcements, newspapers. The Digital Public Library of America has been awarded $150,000 from the John S. and...
View ArticleA historical treasure trove: Social justice tradition runs through Catholic...
by Michael Sean Winters | Nov. 10, 2015, National Catholic Reporter Catholic schools face many challenges. In recent decades, the steady supply of free labor from religious men and women has dried...
View ArticleCRRA Update July/August 2013
CRRA Update July/August 2013 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version From the Board, by Tyrone Cannon, Chair. Welcome to the new year … Committee briefs. We are fortunate to have the...
View ArticleCRRA Update Sept/Oct/Nov 2013
CRRA Update September, October, November, 2013 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version SAVE THE DATE CRRA All Member Annual Meeting at Marquette University on May 7-8, 2014, in Milwaukee....
View ArticleCRRA Update Winter 2014
CRRA Update Winter 2014 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version SAVE THE DATE CRRA All Member Annual Meeting at Marquette University on May 7-8, 2014, in Milwaukee. Details are posted to...
View ArticleCRRA Update Spring 2014
CRRA Update Spring 2014 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: From the Board: Getting Ready for 2014-15, by Tyrone Cannon Accomplishments and Priorities for 2014-15, by...
View ArticleCRRA Update Summer 2014
CRRA Update Summer 2014 (July, August, September) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: From the Board: Our Shared Mission, by Diane Parr Walker From the Membership...
View ArticleCRRA Update Fall 2014
CRRA Update Fall 2014 (October, November, December) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: From the Board: Creating a Community Infrastructure for Digital Catholic...
View ArticleCRRA Update Winter 2015
CRRA Update Winter 2015 (December, January, February) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: Welcome, CRRA Update Associate Editor, Rose Fortier Committee Briefs CRRA...
View ArticleCRRA Update Spring 2015
CRRA Update Spring 2015 (March, April, May) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: CRRA Symposium and Annual Meeting, June 1-2 at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago From...
View ArticleInterview with Jim McCartin, Fordham University
Jim McCartin, Associate Professor of Theology and Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, joins us for a discussion of his research and the role CRRA has played in shaping...
View ArticleCRRA Update Fall 2015
CRRA Update Fall 2015 (September, October, November) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version Feature Article: Interview with Jim McCartin From the Board Committee Briefs Liaisons...
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OAI and VuFind: Notes to self in the form of a recipe
The primary purpose of this posting is to document some of my experiences with OAI and VuFind. Specifically it outlines a sort of “recipe” I use to import OAI content into the “Catholic Portal“. The...
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Interview with Michael Skaggs
Michael Skaggs is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame. He studies religion in the American Midwest, and is particularly interested in how interfaith...
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The Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project
Kyle Roberts, Loyola University Chicago The Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project (JLPP) was launched in March 2014 to create a visual archive of provenance marks from historic Jesuit college, seminary,...
View ArticleCRRA Update Winter 2016
CRRA Update Winter 2016 (December, January, February) Please see the PDF for the more visually rich version. Feature Article: Interview with Michael Skaggs From the Board Committee Briefs Liaisons...
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Catholic Pamphlets and the Catholic Portal: An evolution in librarianship
This blog posting outlines, describes, and demonstrates how a set of Catholic pamphlets were digitized, indexed, and made accessible through the Catholic Portal. In the end it advocates an evolution...
View ArticleCRRA Update Spring 2016
CRRA Update Spring 2016 (December, January, February) Please see the PDF for the more visually rich version. Feature Article: The Oliver Leonard Kapsner, O.S.B. Cataloging Bulletin: A Resource for...
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Limit to full text in VuFind
This posting outlines how a “limit to full text” functionality was implemented in the “Catholic Portal’s” version of VuFind. While there are many dimensions of the Catholic Portal, one of its primary...
View ArticleCRRA Wins Catholic Communications Campaign Grant to Digitize Catholic News...
The Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA) has won a $49,764 Catholic Communications Campaign grant from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for Preservation and Online...
View ArticleHow to make CRRA metadata available via the FTP “dropbox”
When CRRA members are not able or do not want to make their metadata available their own website, we hear at Catholic Portal Central will create one for them. To begin the process, a CRRA member simply...
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